Gloria Don't Speak

Author: Apps, Lucy

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 26 February 2026 by Weatherglass Books in the United Kingdom.

Gloria has a learning disability. She’snineteen, and there’s nothing to do exceptwander the local parks, look for friendshipand keep out of trouble – or go roundJack’s. Jack needs Gloria's company, buthe’s unpredictable and angry at the world.

After an act of violence, their friendshiphas to end. Now Gloria's on her own.

But when she hears Jack's out of prison,her whole world is turned upside-down.

Heartbreaking and beautiful, Gloria Don’tSpeak is a deeply empathetic portrait of awoman dealing with vulnerability, violence– and the desire for connection.